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The political storm around sadiq khans expansion of the area covered by londons ultra low emission zone has been building. drivers of cars that produce too much pollution must pay £12.50 a day to drive in the zone. the conservative party candidate, 13,965. an unexpected victory for the conservatives in the uxbridge and south ruislip by election last month, was put down to the labour mayors scheme. sadiq khan has lost labour this election and we know that it was his damaging and costly ulez poli...

Sean daly describing the scenes outside the court yesterday when donald trump made his appearance. lets pick up now on stories related to air quality in london and cars. thank you, charlie. a car scrappage scheme has been extended to more drivers ahead of the expansion the ultra low emission zone in london. the mayor of london sadiq khan has announced all londoners with a noncompliant vehicle can now access up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle with a less polluting one. our reporter, harry far...

Going on a spending spree. liam kavanagh used thurrock councils money to buy luxury goods, including a yacht and a private jet. the councils been made effectively made bankrupt after investing over half a billion pounds in mr kavanaghs solarfarm business. mr kavanaghs lawyers say payments were legal. the council has cut other services. theres more on that story on panorama on the bbc iplayer. a new service provider collecting millions of pounds from drivers using the dartford crossing has been c...

Pounds in mr kavanaghs solar farm business. mr kavanaghs lawyers say payments were legal. the council has cut other services. and theres more on that story on panorama on the bbc iplayer. a new service provider collecting millions of pounds from drivers using the dartford crossing has been criticised for causing long delays not at the crossing itself but online. some drivers say theyve waited for hours on their computers and phones to pay the £2.50 charge to conduent, who work for the highways ...

Two bags for £2.50. grapes, grapes. would you like the grapes? theyre buying, but theyre also watching the pennies. at this fruit and veg stall in high wycombe, they used to charge £1 a bowl. its £1.50 now, although some items are coming down. theres still customers who come along and say, "really?" because they havent noticed weve actually bought some of our prices down, or were trying as much as possible. like with the onions, they used to be £5, but theyre down to £a.50. so, its slowly, ...

Collecting millions of pounds from drivers using the dartford crossing, has been criticised for causing long delays, not at the crossing itself but online. some drivers say theyve waited for hours on their computers and phones to pay the £2.50 charge to conduent, who work for the highways agency. drivers who used the bridge at the weekend have been given an extension until today to pay, or face a fine. national highways blame "system improvements." a four—storey property in south west london ...

Unusually high for compliant cars. research by autotrader has found a 2016 ulez compliant car is selling for up to £3,000 more than an identical non—compliant from the year before. drivers of higher—polluting vehicles face paying £12.50 a day for driving anywhere within the m25. the ulez scrappage scheme is being extended today to help drivers get rid of non—compliant vehicles. if you have any questions about ulez, and are unsure about any aspect of it, e—mail us today on hellobbclondo...

About, including that breaking news who brought you a few moments ago about the government announcing hundreds of new oil and gas licenses in the north sea. we will speak to a government minister about that in the next couple of minutes. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i�*m asad ahmad. next month�*s ultra low emission zone expansion has been blamed for causing a distoration in the second hand car market, with particularly high ...

Cuppa, and we will be with you. just continuing the chat about tea! it is 26 minutes past eight. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello. next months ultra low emission zone expansion has been blamed for causing a distoration in the second hand car market — with particularly high prices for compliant cars. research by autotrader has found a 2016 ulez complaint car is selling for upto £3,000 more than an identical non—compliant from the year before. drivers of highe...

In the constituency with old cars, could face a cost of £12.50, a month, basically, a day to drive their cars. and that was credited with tipping it in the wake of that, as you say, pressure or calls from the right wing of the conservative party and rishi sunak to water down climate policies as a potential vote win. and now what we have is the sort of backlash to that, if you like. so these environmental groups, you say some of the biggest in the country, the national trust, the royal society, ...